How To Install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8. libvkd3d is D3D12 to Vulkan translation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libvkd3d`

libvkd3d is the main component of the vkd3d project. It’s a 3D graphics library built on top of Vulkan with an API very similar to Direct3D 12.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvkd3d.

Install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvkd3d using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvkd3d

Install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvkd3d using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvkd3d

How To Uninstall libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvkd3d package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvkd3d

libvkd3d Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/cb8573305190de61a04830be472a12e695aee4
/usr/lib64/libvkd3d.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvkd3d.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/LICENSE

References

libvkd3d website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.